Global Product Innovation Manager, Kensington

At Kensington, we pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture that empowers us to think creatively, share our thoughts, collaborate, and voice our opinions. It's how we've innovated, inspired, led, learned, and succeeded for 40 years. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Kensington is a division of ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO), one of the world's largest designers, marketers, and manufacturers of branded academic, consumer and business products, sold in more than 100 countries across the globe.
Job Summary
Kensington is looking for a Global Product Innovation Manager to join our team! The Product Innovation Manager will play a significant role in identifying and addressing the evolving needs of customers in the computer accessories market. This position is responsible for researching future technologies, driving innovation, and launching new categories that contribute to profitable growth within Kensington.
Responsibilities

• Monitors and researches market trends; identifies new opportunities and markets. Assesses potential new products or business opportunities that have the potential to contribute to profitable growth.
• Emerges and stays abreast of technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc. , and understand how to use their potential to drive solutions and create competitive advantage for our company product.
• Continuously scans the environment for emerging trends, technologies, and potential disruptions, and look for gaps in the market, customer needs and areas for improvement of the products categories.
• Conducts appropriate market research to determine market requirements for new/future products.
• Draws up a strategy for approaching new markets/categories/target groups and develops bottom-up business cases for new products in close partnership with management team.
• Collaborates with R&D team to study new technologies and incorporate it within product roadmaps.
• Collaborates with Marketing and Sales teams to understand customer needs and market trends.
• Ensures sufficient market and field contacts that enable the setup of appropriate actions.
• Be visionary and innovative. Bring new ideas to the table and be collaborative in shaping them to the core competency of the team and organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Bachelor of Arts in Business Management.
• 10+ years in product management, engineering, or product marketing in the computer and/or computer accessories industry.
• Solid background in relevant innovation role, demonstrate strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership.
• Deep knowledge and hands on experiences and knowledge computer accessories market and product management
• Strategic thinking and planning- need to think strategically and create detailed innovation strategies. Strong understanding of Kensington's direction, competitive landscape, and market trends.
• Strong data analysis skill- ability to analyze data and draw meaningful conclusion. Use data to identify opportunities for innovation, measure the impact of the initiatives, and adjust strategies, as necessary.
• Creativity- imaginative and open-minded, capable of thinking outside the box to find novel solutions to complex problems.
• Strong ability to inspire and influence others without authority.
• A high level of professionalism and leadership skills to build business relationships, trust and respect with business partners and suppliers.
• Natural collaborator and team player, the individual must be disciplined and comfortable with ambiguity and able to adapt to changes in priorities quickly, and to work in a matrixed reporting organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Required domestic and international travel

Salary Range: $140,000 - $180,000
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